Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if an authorised person wants to enter a property--
(a) to inspect the property in order to process an application made under any Local Government Act; or
(b) to inspect a record that is required to be kept for a budget accommodation building under the Building Act, chapter 7; or
(c) to find out whether the conditions on which a permit or notice was issued have been complied with; or
(d) to inspect work that was carried out under a permit or notice.
(2) A permit is an approval, authorisation, consent, licence, permission, registration or other authority issued under any Local Government Act.
(3) A notice is a notice issued under any Local Government Act.
(4) The authorised person may enter the property without the permission of the occupier of the property--
(a) at any reasonable time during the day; or
(b) at night, if--
(i) the occupier of the property asks the authorised person to enter the property at that time; or
(ii) the conditions of the permit allow the authorised person to enter the property at that time; or
(iii) the property is a public place and is not closed to the public.
(5) However, the authorised person--
(a) must, as soon as the authorised person enters the property, inform any occupier of the property--
(i) of the reason for entering the property; and
(ii) that the authorised person is authorised under this Act to enter the property without the permission of the occupier; and
(b) may enter a home that is on the property only if the occupier of the relevant part of the property accompanies the authorised person.